22 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Related toVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
383
William S. Houghton Impromptu Name Duplication Test spectator and performer write a word on a billet, they match
1943 20
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Also published here 1944 24
C. L. Boarde Dead Name Duplication - Variation A divination of name written on billet
1947 86
C. L. Boarde Dead Name Duplication - Variation C divination of name, spectator writes name down after performer
1947 87
Al Baker Co-Incidentally spectator writes the same name as performer did earlier, centre tear
Also published here 1949 18
Al Koran "Inexplicable" spectator writes city on a billet and a clipped with a bulldog clip, several more billets are introduced, when touched with a cigarette they vanish, except one on which the same city is noted as on the spectator's billet
1959 195
Sandy Vogel Clocks Variation
Inspired by Feb. 1967 82
Al Mann The Griffin Envelope Switch switching two signed envelopes secretly with stack, used for prediction in which spectator's billet is used as actual prediction
June 1974 741
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Stuck! two numbered envelopes, change as prediction matches change from spectator
1977
Magick (Issue 180)
898
Al Mann The Coins from the Pocket spectator puts money in an envelope and seals it, then the performer hands him an envelope with the same amount of coins and of the same denomination, Bombshell Wallet
1981 11
Bruce Bernstein Three Way Prediction word, number and city are written on billet, using envelopes
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 52
Fredric Kolb The Swedenborg Predictions prediction in bulldog clip
Oct. 1984
Magick (Issue 340)
1697
Robert Schwarz Pocket Trick prediction switched for spectator's billet
June 1985
Magick (Issue 353)
1762
Eddie Clever Three Thoughts Later three spectators think of a card and remove it, they're placed in an envelope and the names of the cards are written on a piece of paper, another spectator indicated three cards from a second deck which are put in an envelope, they are shown to match
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
32
Al Baker Co-Incidentally spectator writes the same name as performer did earlier, centre tear
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
291
David Ben And the Oscar Goes to... Oscar candidates are divined
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Ted Annemann, 1932)
Variations
Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
8
David Ben And the Oscar Goes to... Oscar candidates are divined
Inspired by 2009 8
Barrie Richardson The Propensity to be Influenced prediction in balloon, spectator's writing is switched in for prediction
Inspired by 2011 26
Barrie Richardson The Eye of the Target imaginary book test, spectator names books and makes up page number and word on billet, word matches prediction and page number divined by a spectator, spectator's billet switched in for prediction
Inspired by
  • "Mental Target Practice" (Barrie Richardson, The Magician, Feb. 2005)
Related to
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
2011 71
Bruce Bernstein Three Way Prediction word, number and city are written on billet, using envelopes
Also published here 2012 48
Robert Cassidy An Example of Low-Tech Mentalism - One Man Billet Routine #1 with six people
2013 159